You may not realize this, but the life of an atomic scientist is
pretty damned stressful:
Geez, no wonder
Otto Octavius invented those arms!
Meanwhile, management wasn't much help:
Yes, let's
not consider improving working conditions, or getting them more manpower or better equipment. Nope, the
only possible solutions are
drugs or
hypnosis!!
Fortunately, as the caption is about to tell us, the hypnosis works. But that just makes things
worse!
Resentment over hypnotist salaries, of course, has
always been a major source of conflict at atomic science labs.
Oh, yeah, there's also one more
minor issue...
...attacks by giant mutated scorpions that you accidentally created. I know, it seems like such a
small thing, but you'd be surprised how high this ranks on the lists of atomic scientist grievances.
Poor atomic scientists...they really ought to form a union*
*(no longer applies in Michigan)
From Journey Into Mystery #82 (1962), as reprinted in Journey Into Mystery #7 (1973)
Is that... is that Aku?!
ReplyDeleteIf you're referring to the scorpion, he is never named.
ReplyDeleteOK, this entire post was very well done, hilarious, but this was the best part:
ReplyDeleteYes, let's not consider improving working conditions, or getting them more manpower or better equipment. Nope, the only possible solutions are drugs or hypnosis!!
If that's Aku, he's been spending too much time on the tanning bed.
ReplyDeleteAren't atomic scientists like a quarter of the superhero and supervillain communities? I've never ran the numbers.
Paul Rodgers? Of The Firm, and their well-known song from the 80's, Radioactive?
ReplyDeleteI guess my comment went over your head this time, Snellster. Aku is the shapeshifting demon in Samurai Jack. The scorpion's got similar eye and mouth shapes to something Aku might have transformed into.
ReplyDelete@Jon Hendry - Well, judging by this post you could say he's working for a "bad company".
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